n. The coarser particles produced by milling durum wheat, used especially for making pastas and hot cereals. [Alteration of Italian semolino, diminutive of semola, bran, from Latin simila, fine flour, ultimately of Semitic origin; see smd in the Appendix of Semitic roots.] |
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